The Effect of Facility Security Classification on Serious Rules Violation Reports in California Prisons: A Regression Discontinuity Design

Prison facility security classification is intended to recognize differences across inmates with regard to the propensity to commit misconduct and to appropriately house inmates with varying levels of violent and/or antisocial behavior while they are incarcerated. The intent of security classificati...

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Autor principal: Tahamont, Sarah (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: Journal of quantitative criminology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 35, Número: 4, Páginas: 767-796
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Regression Discontinuity
Administrative data
Prison misconduct
Corrections
Regression discontinuity
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Sumario:Prison facility security classification is intended to recognize differences across inmates with regard to the propensity to commit misconduct and to appropriately house inmates with varying levels of violent and/or antisocial behavior while they are incarcerated. The intent of security classification is to increase safety for staff and other inmates, but little is known about the effect of security classification on prison misconduct.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09405-0